Is there an equivalent of canvas's toDataURL method for SVG?

I am trying to load an svg image into canvas for pixel manipulation I need a method like toDataURL or getImageData for svg

on Chrome/Safari I can try doing it through and image and canvas

var img = new Image()
img.onload = function(){
  ctx.drawImage(img,0,0) //this correctly draws the svg image to the canvas! however...
  var dataURL = canvas.toDataURL(); //SECURITY_ERR: DOM Exception 18
  var data = ctx.getImageData(0,0,img.width, img.height).data //also SECURITY_ERR: DOM Exception 18
  }
  img.src = "image.svg" //that is an svg file. (same domain as html file :))

But I get security errors. Any other way?

Here is a live demo of the problem http://clstff.appspot.com/gist/462846 (you can view source)